Studies in the Language of Targum Canticles

Paul R. Moore, Ph.D. (2021), University College London, is Honorary Research Fellow at that university. His research interests include Hebrew, Aramaic, and Judaeo-Arabic language and linguistics. He has a special interest in the Hebrew Bible.

• AcknowledgementsList of Figures and TablesAbbreviationsSymbols, Terminology, and Conventions1 Introduction2 Dialect3 Recensions1 Critical Editions4 Date of Composition1 Arabic Influence2 The Ishmaelites3 Olibanum?5 Nominal State6 Verbal Stems1 Phonological Development?2 Recalibration of Semantic Ranges3 Non-normative Infinitives4 Summary7 Gender1 Feminine Nouns with Masculine Agreement2 Androgyny: נפש3 Masculine Nouns with Feminine Agreement4 Gender Shift: בההיא זמנא5 Gender Shift: בעידנא ההיא8 Semantic Anomalies1 אילולי2 מאים3 אן4 פון5 √חקקG6 Summary9 Argument Marking1 Synthetic Pronominal Object Constructions2 Repurposing of mt Argument Markers3 Alternation between ית and ל4 Arguments Marked by מן5 Arguments Marked by ב6 Mis-readings of TgShir 1.8—the Volitive אי בעיא7 Mis-readings of TgShir 1.8—the Infinitive למיחי8 Possible Misreading of TgShir 1.109 Use of ב to Encode goal Arguments of Verbs of Motion10 Marking of Causee in Adjuration Formulae11 Marking of Comparata10 Quotative Construction: Verb of Speaking + וכן אמר11 Conclusions12 Geniza Fragments Cambridge, Cambridge University Library, T-S B11.81 & T-S NS 3121 Introduction2 Annotated Transcription13 Geniza Fragment Oxford, Bodleian Library, Heb. f. 56 (folios 105a–113a)1 Introduction2 Linguistic Profile of the Judaeo-Arabic Translation3 Annotated TranscriptionAppendix 1: The Isaianic Citation in TgShir 1.1Appendix 2: The Syntax of TgShir 2.6Appendix 3: The Text of TgShir 5.3Appendix 4: The Syntax of TgShir 5.11Appendix 5: The Lexica of TgShir & Zoharic LiteratureBibliographyIndex of SubjectsIndex of LexemesIndexof Primary Sources